Past Present

Natalia Mehlman Petrzela, Cynthia Greenlee, Neil J. Young, and Nicole Hemmer, editors.

Created in 2015 by historians Natalia Mehlman Petrzela. Neil J. Young and Nicole Hemmer, Past Present is a weekly conversational podcast that turns hindsight into foresight. Going beyond Twitter hot takes and cable news sound bites, we think that every headline has a history – and every listener is a historian.

Blackface, Venezuela, and Conversation Hearts

February 12, 2019Natalia Mehlman Petrzela, Nicole Hemmer, Neil J. Young

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The KonMari Method as Consumer Theory

February 11, 2019Andrew C. McKevitt

Howard Schultz, Gay Priests, and Ted Bundy

February 5, 2019Natalia Mehlman Petrzela, Nicole Hemmer, Neil J. Young

Marching on Washington, the LA Teachers’ Strike, and Cities and Economic Inequality

January 29, 2019Natalia Mehlman Petrzela, Nicole Hemmer, Neil J. Young

Gillette’s New Ad, Rep. Steve King, and Cursive’s Decline

January 22, 2019Natalia Mehlman Petrzela, Nicole Hemmer, Neil J. Young

The Green New Deal, Marie Kondo, and National Emergencies

January 15, 2019Natalia Mehlman Petrzela, Nicole Hemmer, Neil J. Young

“Fault Lines,” Dry January, and the Sex Recession

January 8, 2019Natalia Mehlman Petrzela, Nicole Hemmer, Neil J. Young

The Weekly Standard, Sheryl Sandberg, and “Baby, It’s Cold Outside”

January 6, 2019Natalia Mehlman Petrzela, Nicole Hemmer, Neil J. Young

Classical Statues, “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel,” and Oklahoma Land Rights

December 19, 2018Natalia Mehlman Petrzela, Nicole Hemmer, Neil J. Young

George H.W. Bush, Exorcisms, and the Squatty Potty

December 11, 2018Natalia Mehlman Petrzela, Nicole Hemmer, Neil J. Young

Inmate Firefighters, China’s Social Credit System, and Chanukah

December 4, 2018Natalia Mehlman Petrzela, Nicole Hemmer, Neil J. Young

Segregation Academies, the Death of an American Missionary, and Victoria’s Secret

November 28, 2018Natalia Mehlman Petrzela, Nicole Hemmer, Neil J. Young